NC BL 12/00/2003 Table: Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, Bulletin 3120-18, July 2003 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $12.92 4.3 34.6 $10.59 7.4 32.4 $16.95 3.2 39.0 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 17.75 3.4 37.4 15.31 7.1 36.3 20.32 2.5 38.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.47 2.5 38.3 20.49 6.1 39.2 25.53 2.1 37.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.97 6.3 41.0 23.67 11.1 42.4 26.02 9.2 40.0 Sales............................................................. 9.85 10.4 31.0 9.85 10.4 31.0 – – – Administrative support............................................ 10.47 9.7 37.7 11.05 17.3 36.1 9.87 3.4 39.5 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 9.76 5.2 36.6 9.44 6.3 36.2 10.95 3.7 38.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.96 7.4 39.9 15.06 10.3 39.8 14.71 2.7 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 8.89 2.2 35.9 8.89 2.2 35.9 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.41 4.9 37.3 9.04 10.0 39.7 9.71 3.5 35.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 7.18 4.4 35.0 6.90 5.3 34.1 8.54 6.0 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 7.26 4.6 29.5 5.81 2.5 26.5 10.83 6.3 41.0 Full time........................................................... 14.38 3.1 39.2 12.28 6.0 39.0 17.05 3.2 39.5 Part time........................................................... 6.21 5.4 22.4 6.10 5.4 22.4 – – – Union............................................................... 22.61 10.4 37.2 – – – – – – Nonunion............................................................ 12.63 4.2 34.5 10.20 6.9 32.2 16.79 3.4 39.3 Time................................................................ 12.97 4.4 34.5 10.60 7.6 32.3 16.95 3.2 39.0 Incentive........................................................... 10.21 5.4 39.5 10.21 5.4 39.5 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 11.52 4.7 38.6 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 10.32 9.6 31.0 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 10.67 13.5 36.4 10.36 15.3 36.1 13.82 6.5 39.6 100-499 workers..................................................... 10.90 9.1 30.6 9.51 10.3 29.3 17.21 6.2 38.3 500 workers or more................................................. 15.28 4.7 37.6 12.49 10.6 35.3 17.06 5.1 39.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $12.92 4.3 $10.59 7.4 $16.95 3.2 All excluding sales............................................... 13.10 4.5 10.66 8.0 16.95 3.2 White collar........................................................ 17.75 3.4 15.31 7.1 20.32 2.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.75 3.4 16.84 7.6 20.32 2.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.47 2.5 20.49 6.1 25.53 2.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.78 2.6 26.12 8.7 25.66 2.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.73 9.0 28.70 10.9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.55 6.3 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.24 1.2 – – 26.46 1.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.31 .1 – – 27.31 .1 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.93 1.8 – – 26.97 1.8 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.89 3.9 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 14.89 3.9 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.50 5.3 15.51 5.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.08 2.8 14.94 2.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.97 6.3 23.67 11.1 26.02 9.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 27.41 4.7 24.63 9.6 30.58 6.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 21.69 8.5 20.88 8.1 – – Management related............................................ 16.76 7.5 – – 17.52 8.1 Sales............................................................. 9.85 10.4 9.85 10.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.82 13.0 8.82 13.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.20 7.5 8.20 7.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.47 9.7 11.05 17.3 9.87 3.4 Secretaries................................................. 10.68 9.3 – – 10.91 10.2 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 8.54 2.1 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.39 1.7 9.44 5.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 9.22 2.6 8.47 6.6 9.44 1.5 Teachers' aides............................................. 9.18 2.3 – – 9.18 2.3 Blue collar......................................................... 9.76 5.2 9.44 6.3 10.95 3.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.96 7.4 15.06 10.3 14.71 2.7 Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 10.00 7.8 – – 10.00 7.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.89 2.2 8.89 2.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 10.08 2.9 10.08 2.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ $9.41 4.9 $9.04 10.0 $9.71 3.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.18 4.4 6.90 5.3 8.54 6.0 Helpers, construction trades................................ 7.96 1.2 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.63 2.8 5.63 2.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.83 3.5 9.83 3.5 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 6.83 7.0 – – 8.29 6.6 Service............................................................. 7.26 4.6 5.81 2.5 10.83 6.3 Protective service............................................ 11.23 7.5 – – 14.04 11.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.26 5.2 – – 18.26 5.2 Food service.................................................. 6.17 12.1 4.57 9.0 9.10 5.4 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.11 11.1 3.11 11.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.63 8.0 2.63 8.0 – – Other food service........................................... 8.23 7.3 6.96 5.4 9.10 5.4 Cooks....................................................... 8.02 4.4 – – – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 7.68 .8 7.68 .8 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.17 5.8 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.54 6.0 6.77 1.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.29 3.9 6.38 5.8 7.97 1.2 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.69 2.1 6.93 5.0 7.97 1.2 Personal service.............................................. 6.17 .8 6.15 .8 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.38 3.1 $12.28 6.0 $17.05 3.2 All excluding sales............................................... 14.55 3.3 12.40 6.4 17.05 3.2 White collar........................................................ 18.49 3.2 16.35 6.9 20.49 2.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.18 3.1 17.49 7.1 20.49 2.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.69 2.5 20.43 6.1 26.01 2.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.12 2.5 26.00 8.4 26.16 2.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.62 8.8 28.57 10.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.55 6.3 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.86 .9 – – 27.10 .9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.31 .1 – – 27.31 .1 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.93 1.8 – – 26.97 1.8 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.89 3.9 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 14.89 3.9 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.51 5.4 15.52 5.6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.08 2.8 14.94 2.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.97 6.3 23.67 11.1 26.02 9.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 27.41 4.7 24.63 9.6 30.58 6.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 21.69 8.5 20.88 8.1 – – Management related............................................ 16.76 7.5 – – 17.52 8.1 Sales............................................................. 10.99 10.8 10.99 10.8 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.51 10.6 9.51 10.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.70 10.1 11.66 18.6 9.87 3.4 Secretaries................................................. 10.68 9.3 – – 10.91 10.2 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 8.54 2.1 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.42 1.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 9.22 2.6 – – 9.44 1.5 Teachers' aides............................................. 9.18 2.3 – – 9.18 2.3 Blue collar......................................................... 10.18 5.0 9.94 6.4 10.98 3.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.96 7.4 15.06 10.3 14.71 2.7 Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 10.00 7.8 – – 10.00 7.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.28 2.2 9.28 2.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 10.08 2.9 10.08 2.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ $9.40 5.1 $9.04 10.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.46 4.7 7.16 5.9 $8.54 6.0 Helpers, construction trades................................ 7.96 1.2 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.75 3.7 5.75 3.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 6.87 9.4 – – 8.29 6.6 Service............................................................. 8.45 2.3 6.08 2.3 10.84 6.3 Protective service............................................ 11.61 5.7 – – 14.04 11.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.26 5.2 – – 18.26 5.2 Food service.................................................. 6.56 11.5 4.73 6.4 9.10 5.4 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.10 10.8 3.10 10.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.65 7.5 2.65 7.5 – – Other food service........................................... 8.53 6.5 7.44 6.2 9.10 5.4 Cooks....................................................... 8.02 4.4 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.61 4.9 7.69 4.7 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.56 17.4 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.90 10.6 7.28 3.5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.61 4.0 6.87 9.6 7.98 1.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.73 2.0 6.99 5.1 7.98 1.3 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $6.21 5.4 $6.10 5.4 – – All excluding sales............................................... 6.12 5.3 5.99 5.3 – – White collar........................................................ 8.21 5.8 7.98 7.1 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 9.11 11.9 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. – – – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.20 13.0 7.20 13.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.51 2.0 6.51 2.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 6.29 4.4 6.09 5.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.00 4.2 6.00 4.2 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.52 2.4 5.52 2.4 – – Service............................................................. 5.62 2.5 5.61 2.5 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 4.04 16.4 4.04 16.4 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 6.11 1.0 6.11 1.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $564 3.3 39.2 $479 6.3 39.0 $674 3.1 39.5 All excluding sales............................................... 574 3.3 39.5 489 6.5 39.4 674 3.1 39.5 White collar........................................................ 721 3.7 39.0 639 7.8 39.1 798 2.6 38.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 757 3.3 39.5 703 7.4 40.2 798 2.6 38.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 923 2.6 39.0 814 6.2 39.9 998 2.2 38.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,012 2.5 38.7 1,038 8.4 39.9 1,003 2.2 38.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,145 8.8 40.0 1,143 10.6 40.0 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,062 6.3 40.0 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,021 1.0 38.0 – – – 1,029 1.0 38.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,031 .6 37.7 – – – 1,031 .6 37.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,024 1.2 38.0 – – – 1,026 1.2 38.1 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 596 3.9 40.0 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 596 3.9 40.0 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 617 5.2 39.8 618 5.5 39.8 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 599 2.3 39.7 594 1.9 39.7 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,025 7.2 41.0 1,004 12.9 42.4 1,041 9.2 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,134 5.7 41.4 1,050 11.6 42.6 1,223 6.5 40.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 931 9.0 42.9 905 9.5 43.3 – – – Management related............................................ 670 7.5 40.0 – – – 701 8.1 40.0 Sales............................................................. 381 13.8 34.7 381 13.8 34.7 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 339 4.1 35.6 339 4.1 35.6 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 425 10.2 39.7 465 18.6 39.9 390 3.4 39.5 Secretaries................................................. 427 9.3 40.0 – – – 437 10.2 40.0 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 342 2.1 40.0 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 372 1.8 39.4 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 369 2.6 40.0 – – – 378 1.5 40.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 354 3.0 38.6 – – – 354 3.0 38.6 Blue collar......................................................... 402 5.0 39.5 391 6.3 39.3 439 3.7 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 596 7.5 39.9 600 10.5 39.8 588 2.7 40.0 Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 400 7.8 40.0 – – – 400 7.8 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $371 2.2 40.0 $371 2.2 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 403 2.9 40.0 403 2.9 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 375 6.4 39.9 359 13.0 39.7 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 288 4.5 38.6 274 5.8 38.2 $342 6.0 40.0 Helpers, construction trades................................ 318 1.2 40.0 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 230 3.7 40.0 230 3.7 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 275 9.4 40.0 – – – 331 6.6 40.0 Service............................................................. 334 2.6 39.6 232 2.0 38.2 445 6.2 41.1 Protective service............................................ 500 4.9 43.0 – – – 627 9.9 44.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 730 5.2 40.0 – – – 730 5.2 40.0 Food service.................................................. 248 13.3 37.7 175 5.5 36.9 354 8.6 38.9 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 117 10.2 37.7 117 10.2 37.7 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 98 7.1 37.2 98 7.1 37.2 – – – Other food service........................................... 322 9.5 37.7 265 7.3 35.7 354 8.6 38.9 Cooks....................................................... 300 3.3 37.4 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 376 5.3 39.1 299 5.5 38.9 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 368 17.1 38.5 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 391 10.6 39.5 287 2.9 39.4 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 300 3.7 39.4 263 8.1 38.3 319 1.3 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 304 1.4 39.4 262 3.2 37.5 319 1.3 40.0 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $27,043 3.3 1,880 $24,803 6.3 2,020 $29,478 3.1 1,729 All excluding sales............................................... 27,410 3.3 1,884 25,314 6.5 2,042 29,478 3.1 1,729 White collar........................................................ 33,263 3.7 1,799 33,133 7.8 2,026 33,361 2.6 1,628 White collar excluding sales.................................... 34,504 3.3 1,799 36,389 7.4 2,081 33,361 2.6 1,628 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 40,485 2.6 1,709 42,112 6.2 2,062 39,633 2.2 1,524 Professional specialty.......................................... 42,441 2.5 1,625 53,323 8.4 2,051 39,729 2.2 1,519 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 59,536 8.8 2,080 59,435 10.6 2,080 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 55,216 6.3 2,080 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 38,434 1.0 1,431 – – – 38,704 1.0 1,428 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38,492 .6 1,409 – – – 38,492 .6 1,409 Secondary school teachers................................... 38,761 1.2 1,439 – – – 38,837 1.2 1,440 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 30,967 3.9 2,080 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 30,967 3.9 2,080 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 32,087 5.2 2,068 32,142 5.5 2,071 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 31,156 2.3 2,067 30,875 1.9 2,066 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 50,133 7.2 2,008 52,192 12.9 2,205 48,719 9.2 1,873 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 54,637 5.7 1,993 54,612 11.6 2,217 54,660 6.5 1,787 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 48,400 9.0 2,232 47,037 9.5 2,252 – – – Management related............................................ 34,497 7.5 2,059 – – – 35,994 8.1 2,055 Sales............................................................. 19,816 13.8 1,803 19,816 13.8 1,803 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 17,614 4.1 1,851 17,614 4.1 1,851 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 20,051 10.2 1,873 24,096 18.6 2,066 17,114 3.4 1,733 Secretaries................................................. 20,035 9.3 1,877 – – – 20,158 10.2 1,847 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 17,370 2.1 2,034 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 17,384 1.8 1,845 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 19,173 2.6 2,080 – – – 19,635 1.5 2,080 Teachers' aides............................................. 13,216 3.0 1,440 – – – 13,216 3.0 1,440 Blue collar......................................................... 20,682 5.0 2,032 20,314 6.3 2,044 21,883 3.7 1,992 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 31,014 7.5 2,073 31,184 10.5 2,071 30,588 2.7 2,080 Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 20,809 7.8 2,080 – – – 20,809 7.8 2,080 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $19,307 2.2 2,080 $19,307 2.2 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 20,976 2.9 2,080 20,976 2.9 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18,252 6.4 1,942 18,670 13.0 2,066 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14,975 4.5 2,008 14,238 5.8 1,989 $17,765 6.0 2,080 Helpers, construction trades................................ 16,550 1.2 2,080 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11,952 3.7 2,080 11,952 3.7 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 14,285 9.4 2,080 – – – 17,235 6.6 2,080 Service............................................................. 16,376 2.6 1,939 11,913 2.0 1,959 20,790 6.2 1,918 Protective service............................................ 25,997 4.9 2,239 – – – 32,624 9.9 2,323 Police and detectives, public service....................... 37,980 5.2 2,080 – – – 37,980 5.2 2,080 Food service.................................................. 11,211 13.3 1,709 8,991 5.5 1,899 13,653 8.6 1,500 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6,088 10.2 1,962 6,088 10.2 1,962 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5,119 7.1 1,935 5,119 7.1 1,935 – – – Other food service........................................... 13,580 9.5 1,592 13,412 7.3 1,802 13,653 8.6 1,500 Cooks....................................................... 12,872 3.3 1,605 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 19,531 5.3 2,033 15,532 5.5 2,021 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 19,152 17.1 2,004 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 20,351 10.6 2,057 14,900 2.9 2,048 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 15,474 3.7 2,033 13,672 8.1 1,991 16,386 1.3 2,055 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 15,680 1.4 2,028 13,616 3.2 1,949 16,386 1.3 2,055 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $12.92 4.3 $10.59 7.4 $16.95 3.2 All excluding sales............................................... 13.10 4.5 10.66 8.0 16.95 3.2 White collar........................................................ 17.75 3.4 15.31 7.1 20.32 2.5 1....................................................... 8.38 7.5 8.21 9.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.52 4.3 7.37 3.6 9.38 3.2 3....................................................... 9.14 3.2 8.62 3.3 9.92 5.3 4....................................................... 11.45 8.5 11.83 9.5 9.99 2.2 5....................................................... 13.31 7.0 15.26 5.3 9.99 3.3 6....................................................... 20.19 5.4 15.51 4.2 22.30 6.4 7....................................................... 23.63 4.3 22.05 6.7 26.82 6.2 8....................................................... 23.17 8.2 20.57 12.7 23.82 9.1 9....................................................... 25.72 1.7 24.25 .9 25.95 1.9 11........................................................ 32.55 3.6 32.71 7.7 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.75 3.4 16.84 7.6 20.32 2.5 2....................................................... 8.79 3.3 7.58 1.5 9.38 3.2 3....................................................... 9.18 3.6 8.57 3.8 9.92 5.3 4....................................................... 11.88 10.0 – – 9.99 2.2 5....................................................... 13.39 7.1 15.52 5.4 9.99 3.3 6....................................................... 20.49 5.6 15.93 4.9 22.30 6.4 7....................................................... 23.63 4.3 22.05 6.7 26.82 6.2 8....................................................... 23.50 8.0 21.98 13.2 23.82 9.1 9....................................................... 25.72 1.7 24.25 .9 25.95 1.9 11........................................................ 31.97 3.2 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.47 2.5 20.49 6.1 25.53 2.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.78 2.6 26.12 8.7 25.66 2.2 7....................................................... 24.77 5.3 – – 28.04 6.1 8....................................................... 26.42 6.9 – – 26.43 7.6 9....................................................... 26.46 1.2 – – 26.46 1.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.73 9.0 28.70 10.9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.55 6.3 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.24 1.2 – – 26.46 1.2 7....................................................... 30.62 .0 – – 30.62 .0 8....................................................... 28.58 1.9 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.21 .2 – – 26.21 .2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.31 .1 – – 27.31 .1 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.93 1.8 – – 26.97 1.8 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.89 3.9 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 14.89 3.9 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.50 5.3 15.51 5.5 – – 5....................................................... $15.70 6.1 $15.70 6.1 – – 6....................................................... 17.24 2.4 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.08 2.8 14.94 2.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.97 6.3 23.67 11.1 $26.02 9.2 7....................................................... 15.75 15.9 – – – – 9....................................................... 20.01 6.6 – – – – 11........................................................ 31.94 4.3 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 27.41 4.7 24.63 9.6 30.58 6.5 9....................................................... 20.50 7.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 31.94 4.3 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 21.69 8.5 20.88 8.1 – – Management related............................................ 16.76 7.5 – – 17.52 8.1 Sales............................................................. 9.85 10.4 9.85 10.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.82 13.0 8.82 13.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.19 4.7 11.19 4.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.20 7.5 8.20 7.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.47 9.7 11.05 17.3 9.87 3.4 2....................................................... 8.82 3.4 7.59 1.6 9.38 3.2 3....................................................... 9.18 3.6 8.55 3.9 9.93 5.3 4....................................................... 9.90 1.8 9.83 3.0 9.95 2.4 Secretaries................................................. 10.68 9.3 – – 10.91 10.2 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 8.54 2.1 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.39 1.7 9.44 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 9.63 5.1 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 9.22 2.6 8.47 6.6 9.44 1.5 3....................................................... 8.80 3.9 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.18 2.3 – – 9.18 2.3 Blue collar......................................................... 9.76 5.2 9.44 6.3 10.95 3.7 1....................................................... 6.09 2.7 5.88 2.3 8.14 .0 2....................................................... 8.25 3.6 7.88 4.1 9.37 6.6 3....................................................... 9.13 2.1 9.28 2.0 8.56 1.9 4....................................................... 10.29 2.5 10.19 2.8 – – 5....................................................... 11.62 5.8 11.54 5.8 – – 6....................................................... 14.71 5.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 17.30 12.3 19.23 14.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.96 7.4 15.06 10.3 14.71 2.7 5....................................................... 12.32 9.3 12.32 9.3 – – 7....................................................... 17.30 12.5 19.30 14.8 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 10.00 7.8 – – 10.00 7.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.89 2.2 8.89 2.2 – – 1....................................................... $6.43 4.8 $6.43 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.39 3.5 9.39 3.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 10.08 2.9 10.08 2.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.41 4.9 9.04 10.0 $9.71 3.5 2....................................................... 8.87 5.8 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.18 4.4 6.90 5.3 8.54 6.0 1....................................................... 5.95 3.1 5.65 2.7 – – 2....................................................... 7.68 3.1 7.52 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 8.76 4.9 8.85 5.8 – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 7.96 1.2 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.63 2.8 5.63 2.8 – – 1....................................................... 5.49 1.5 5.49 1.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.83 3.5 9.83 3.5 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 6.83 7.0 – – 8.29 6.6 1....................................................... 6.19 6.1 – – – – Service............................................................. 7.26 4.6 5.81 2.5 10.83 6.3 1....................................................... 6.25 5.4 5.80 3.5 7.96 3.7 2....................................................... 6.06 11.3 5.44 12.6 – – 3....................................................... 7.91 11.7 5.30 23.7 9.49 5.8 4....................................................... 8.50 15.5 – – 13.33 19.3 5....................................................... 11.63 1.7 – – – – 6....................................................... 11.83 3.3 – – – – Protective service............................................ 11.23 7.5 – – 14.04 11.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.26 5.2 – – 18.26 5.2 Food service.................................................. 6.17 12.1 4.57 9.0 9.10 5.4 1....................................................... 6.35 9.5 5.35 8.8 – – 2....................................................... 4.68 30.9 3.53 33.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.11 11.1 3.11 11.1 – – 1....................................................... 4.01 5.6 4.01 5.6 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.63 8.0 2.63 8.0 – – Other food service........................................... 8.23 7.3 6.96 5.4 9.10 5.4 1....................................................... 7.59 6.2 – – – – 2....................................................... 8.51 2.6 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 8.02 4.4 – – – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 7.68 .8 7.68 .8 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.17 5.8 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – 2....................................................... 9.43 3.7 8.01 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 8.97 22.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.54 6.0 6.77 1.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.69 15.4 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.29 3.9 6.38 5.8 7.97 1.2 1....................................................... 6.99 4.2 6.00 5.1 7.70 .9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... $7.69 2.1 $6.93 5.0 $7.97 1.2 1....................................................... 7.63 1.5 7.32 7.1 7.70 .9 Personal service.............................................. 6.17 .8 6.15 .8 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.38 3.1 $12.28 6.0 $17.05 3.2 All excluding sales............................................... 14.55 3.3 12.40 6.4 17.05 3.2 White collar........................................................ 18.49 3.2 16.35 6.9 20.49 2.5 1....................................................... 8.95 7.4 – – – – 2....................................................... 8.88 3.3 7.92 2.9 9.38 3.2 3....................................................... 9.31 3.5 8.71 4.5 9.92 5.3 4....................................................... 11.51 8.6 11.93 9.5 9.99 2.2 5....................................................... 13.79 7.2 15.36 5.2 – – 6....................................................... 20.20 5.4 15.51 4.2 22.30 6.4 7....................................................... 23.63 4.3 22.05 6.7 26.82 6.2 8....................................................... 23.17 8.2 20.57 12.7 23.82 9.1 9....................................................... 25.66 1.7 23.71 1.9 25.95 1.9 11........................................................ 32.55 3.6 32.71 7.7 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.18 3.1 17.49 7.1 20.49 2.5 2....................................................... 8.79 3.3 7.58 1.5 9.38 3.2 3....................................................... 9.36 3.8 8.66 5.3 9.92 5.3 4....................................................... 11.91 9.9 – – 9.99 2.2 5....................................................... 13.84 7.4 15.52 5.4 – – 6....................................................... 20.50 5.6 15.94 4.9 22.30 6.4 7....................................................... 23.63 4.3 22.05 6.7 26.82 6.2 8....................................................... 23.50 8.0 21.98 13.2 23.82 9.1 9....................................................... 25.66 1.7 23.71 1.9 25.95 1.9 11........................................................ 31.97 3.2 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.69 2.5 20.43 6.1 26.01 2.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.12 2.5 26.00 8.4 26.16 2.0 7....................................................... 24.77 5.3 – – 28.04 6.1 8....................................................... 26.42 6.9 – – 26.43 7.6 9....................................................... 26.39 1.2 – – 26.46 1.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.62 8.8 28.57 10.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.55 6.3 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.86 .9 – – 27.10 .9 7....................................................... 30.62 .0 – – 30.62 .0 8....................................................... 28.58 1.9 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.21 .2 – – 26.21 .2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.31 .1 – – 27.31 .1 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.93 1.8 – – 26.97 1.8 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.89 3.9 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 14.89 3.9 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.51 5.4 15.52 5.6 – – 5....................................................... $15.70 6.1 $15.70 6.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.08 2.8 14.94 2.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.97 6.3 23.67 11.1 $26.02 9.2 7....................................................... 15.75 15.9 – – – – 9....................................................... 20.01 6.6 – – – – 11........................................................ 31.94 4.3 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 27.41 4.7 24.63 9.6 30.58 6.5 9....................................................... 20.50 7.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 31.94 4.3 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 21.69 8.5 20.88 8.1 – – Management related............................................ 16.76 7.5 – – 17.52 8.1 Sales............................................................. 10.99 10.8 10.99 10.8 – – 3....................................................... 8.87 9.7 8.87 9.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.51 10.6 9.51 10.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.70 10.1 11.66 18.6 9.87 3.4 2....................................................... 8.82 3.4 7.59 1.6 9.38 3.2 3....................................................... 9.37 3.9 8.65 5.4 9.93 5.3 4....................................................... 9.92 1.8 9.89 2.9 9.95 2.4 Secretaries................................................. 10.68 9.3 – – 10.91 10.2 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 8.54 2.1 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.42 1.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 9.22 2.6 – – 9.44 1.5 3....................................................... 8.80 3.9 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.18 2.3 – – 9.18 2.3 Blue collar......................................................... 10.18 5.0 9.94 6.4 10.98 3.7 1....................................................... 6.22 3.1 5.93 2.5 8.14 .0 2....................................................... 8.43 3.9 8.05 4.7 9.37 6.6 3....................................................... 9.23 2.1 9.42 1.8 8.56 1.9 4....................................................... 10.34 2.8 10.19 2.8 – – 5....................................................... 11.62 5.8 11.54 5.8 – – 6....................................................... 14.71 5.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 17.30 12.3 19.23 14.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.96 7.4 15.06 10.3 14.71 2.7 5....................................................... 12.32 9.3 12.32 9.3 – – 7....................................................... 17.30 12.5 19.30 14.8 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 10.00 7.8 – – 10.00 7.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.28 2.2 9.28 2.2 – – 1....................................................... 6.84 4.6 6.84 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.39 3.5 9.39 3.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 10.08 2.9 10.08 2.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ $9.40 5.1 $9.04 10.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.87 5.8 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.46 4.7 7.16 5.9 $8.54 6.0 1....................................................... 6.01 3.1 5.57 2.0 – – 2....................................................... 7.78 3.3 7.62 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.01 4.7 9.19 5.2 – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 7.96 1.2 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.75 3.7 5.75 3.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 6.87 9.4 – – 8.29 6.6 Service............................................................. 8.45 2.3 6.08 2.3 10.84 6.3 1....................................................... 7.14 7.4 6.06 10.9 7.97 3.7 2....................................................... 6.56 12.0 5.72 14.7 – – 3....................................................... 7.95 12.4 – – 9.49 5.8 4....................................................... 8.50 15.5 – – 13.33 19.3 5....................................................... 11.63 1.7 – – – – Protective service............................................ 11.61 5.7 – – 14.04 11.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.26 5.2 – – 18.26 5.2 Food service.................................................. 6.56 11.5 4.73 6.4 9.10 5.4 1....................................................... 6.79 13.1 5.76 20.5 – – 2....................................................... 5.09 27.1 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.10 10.8 3.10 10.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.65 7.5 2.65 7.5 – – Other food service........................................... 8.53 6.5 7.44 6.2 9.10 5.4 1....................................................... 7.80 5.4 – – – – 2....................................................... 8.51 2.6 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 8.02 4.4 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.61 4.9 7.69 4.7 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.56 17.4 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.90 10.6 7.28 3.5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.61 4.0 6.87 9.6 7.98 1.3 1....................................................... 7.36 4.0 6.47 8.4 7.70 1.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.73 2.0 6.99 5.1 7.98 1.3 1....................................................... 7.64 1.1 – – 7.70 1.0 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $6.21 5.4 $6.10 5.4 – – All excluding sales............................................... 6.12 5.3 5.99 5.3 – – White collar........................................................ 8.21 5.8 7.98 7.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.90 .8 6.90 .8 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 9.11 11.9 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. – – – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.20 13.0 7.20 13.0 – – 1....................................................... 6.90 .8 6.90 .8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.51 2.0 6.51 2.0 – – 1....................................................... 6.71 1.4 6.71 1.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 6.29 4.4 6.09 5.2 – – 1....................................................... 5.75 4.5 5.75 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 7.05 3.4 7.05 3.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.00 4.2 6.00 4.2 – – 1....................................................... 5.81 5.5 5.81 5.5 – – 2....................................................... 6.93 6.8 6.93 6.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.52 2.4 5.52 2.4 – – 1....................................................... 5.40 1.7 5.40 1.7 – – Service............................................................. 5.62 2.5 5.61 2.5 – – 1....................................................... 5.73 3.3 5.73 3.3 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 4.04 16.4 4.04 16.4 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 6.11 1.0 6.11 1.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2003 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $14.38 $6.21 $22.61 $12.63 $12.97 $10.21 All excluding sales............................................. 14.55 6.12 22.61 12.80 13.14 – White collar........................................................ 18.49 8.21 – 17.44 17.83 9.36 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.18 9.11 – 18.44 18.75 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.69 – – 23.37 23.47 – Professional specialty.......................................... 26.12 – – 25.75 25.78 – Technical....................................................... 15.51 – – 15.50 15.50 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.97 – – 24.97 24.97 – Sales............................................................. 10.99 7.20 – 9.85 9.89 9.36 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.70 – – 9.43 10.47 – Blue collar......................................................... 10.18 6.29 17.59 9.34 9.71 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.96 – – 13.89 14.96 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.28 – – 8.84 8.67 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.40 – – 9.10 9.12 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.46 6.00 – 7.18 7.18 – Service............................................................. 8.45 5.62 – 7.26 7.25 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.1 5.4 10.4 4.2 4.4 5.4 All excluding sales............................................. 3.3 5.3 10.4 4.5 4.6 – White collar........................................................ 3.2 5.8 – 3.4 3.4 8.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.1 11.9 – 3.4 3.4 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.5 – – 2.6 2.5 – Professional specialty.......................................... 2.5 – – 2.7 2.6 – Technical....................................................... 5.4 – – 5.3 5.3 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.3 – – 6.3 6.3 – Sales............................................................. 10.8 13.0 – 10.4 11.2 8.2 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.1 – – 2.7 9.7 – Blue collar......................................................... 5.0 4.4 22.4 3.9 5.4 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7.4 – – 3.8 7.4 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.2 – – 2.3 4.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.1 – – 4.7 4.5 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.7 4.2 – 4.4 4.4 – Service............................................................. 2.3 2.5 – 4.6 4.6 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $10.59 $11.52 – – $11.62 $10.32 – $7.72 - $10.84 All excluding sales............................................. 10.66 11.22 – – 11.27 10.48 – 7.09 - 10.88 White collar........................................................ 15.31 19.67 – – 19.67 14.78 – 9.72 - 17.30 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 16.84 18.72 – – 18.72 16.57 – – - 17.56 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.49 – – – – 20.52 – – - 20.19 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.12 – – – – 26.47 – – - 25.92 Technical....................................................... 15.51 – – – – 15.56 – – - 15.56 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 23.67 24.93 – – 24.93 22.37 – – - 25.26 Sales............................................................. 9.85 – – – – 8.97 – 9.09 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.05 10.38 – – 10.38 11.13 – – - 8.32 Blue collar......................................................... 9.44 9.60 – – 9.37 9.16 – 7.17 - – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.06 12.77 – – 12.94 – – – - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.89 9.01 – – 9.01 – – – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.04 10.96 – – 10.96 – – – - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.90 6.73 – – 6.48 6.98 – 6.91 - – Service............................................................. 5.81 – – – – 5.81 – 4.70 - 6.07 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 7.4 4.7 – – 5.2 9.6 – 7.4 - 12.7 All excluding sales............................................. 8.0 2.7 – – 3.0 10.6 – 8.1 - 13.0 White collar........................................................ 7.1 8.9 – – 8.9 8.1 – 6.6 - 9.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.6 4.6 – – 4.6 8.8 – – - 9.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.1 – – – – 6.3 – – - 6.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 8.7 – – – – 9.7 – – - 9.6 Technical....................................................... 5.5 – – – – 5.6 – – - 5.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.1 11.4 – – 11.4 21.8 – – - 21.6 Sales............................................................. 10.4 – – – – 8.7 – 8.8 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 17.3 1.3 – – 1.3 19.2 – – - 4.3 Blue collar......................................................... 6.3 .9 – – .9 17.7 – 8.6 - – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 10.3 1.8 – – 3.1 – – – - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.2 1.9 – – 1.9 – – – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.0 6.8 – – 6.8 – – – - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.3 .9 – – 1.0 8.0 – 10.3 - – Service............................................................. 2.5 – – – – 2.5 – 10.4 - 3.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2003 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $10.59 $10.36 $10.66 $9.51 $12.49 All excluding sales............................................. 10.66 10.46 10.73 9.38 12.55 White collar........................................................ 15.31 14.59 15.50 14.08 17.30 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 16.84 15.35 17.32 17.07 17.50 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.49 19.04 20.65 26.53 18.95 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.12 – 27.42 37.16 23.95 Technical....................................................... 15.51 – 15.47 15.53 15.45 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 23.67 – 25.84 24.03 – Sales............................................................. 9.85 7.32 10.10 10.22 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.05 14.32 8.84 9.15 – Blue collar......................................................... 9.44 10.63 8.77 8.04 10.62 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.06 16.69 12.61 10.38 14.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.89 9.37 8.81 8.39 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.04 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.90 6.10 7.30 7.21 – Service............................................................. 5.81 4.57 6.12 5.68 – B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 7.4 15.3 8.8 10.3 10.6 All excluding sales............................................. 8.0 15.6 9.6 11.9 10.6 White collar........................................................ 7.1 19.7 8.1 9.1 13.4 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.6 20.3 8.4 10.2 13.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.1 14.3 6.9 16.9 10.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 8.7 – 8.8 11.6 1.2 Technical....................................................... 5.5 – 5.7 4.3 7.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.1 – 9.2 9.8 – Sales............................................................. 10.4 5.0 10.9 11.0 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 17.3 29.5 5.1 7.6 – Blue collar......................................................... 6.3 16.0 3.1 3.7 7.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 10.3 13.1 3.0 8.9 7.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.2 5.2 2.6 6.1 – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.0 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.3 6.3 4.5 5.3 – Service............................................................. 2.5 7.4 3.8 4.5 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.25 $6.89 $9.37 $16.50 $26.51 All excluding sales........................... 5.15 6.92 9.40 17.17 26.89 White collar.................................... 7.65 9.09 15.50 25.98 32.22 White collar excluding sales................ 8.00 9.74 16.50 26.39 32.38 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.50 16.59 23.56 28.84 32.95 Professional specialty...................... 16.50 21.39 25.98 30.56 33.74 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Health related............................ 20.75 25.34 26.10 28.85 36.65 Registered nurses....................... 20.18 23.27 26.26 28.85 32.33 Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... 20.49 21.85 26.00 30.77 33.94 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.93 23.03 26.61 31.23 34.07 Secondary school teachers............... 21.17 22.31 26.26 31.02 33.94 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.45 13.04 16.02 16.50 17.03 Social workers.......................... 10.45 13.04 16.02 16.50 17.03 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 11.50 13.50 15.67 16.75 19.18 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.59 13.50 15.50 16.47 16.93 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.19 16.25 23.56 34.33 36.70 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.50 18.20 31.19 34.97 36.76 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 15.00 15.50 18.20 33.16 34.33 Management related........................ 11.50 14.19 16.36 17.79 22.00 Sales......................................... 5.65 6.59 8.75 11.18 12.80 Sales workers, other commodities........ 5.65 6.00 7.92 11.23 12.60 Cashiers................................ 5.40 5.88 7.54 10.30 12.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.20 8.00 9.00 10.40 14.90 Secretaries............................. 8.01 8.89 9.77 10.49 18.01 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.72 7.73 8.29 9.45 10.04 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.30 8.51 9.09 9.86 11.58 General office clerks................... 8.04 8.28 9.07 9.91 10.48 Teachers' aides......................... 7.57 7.83 8.71 10.27 11.45 Blue collar..................................... 5.30 6.87 8.75 11.25 14.92 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 8.65 11.03 14.35 18.27 26.39 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 8.22 8.61 9.19 11.81 11.82 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.00 7.15 9.00 10.50 11.25 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.00 9.12 10.33 11.25 12.73 Transportation and material moving............ 7.00 8.00 9.20 10.61 11.63 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $5.15 $5.60 $6.87 $8.20 $9.79 Helpers, construction trades............ 6.77 7.25 7.75 9.00 9.09 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.15 5.25 5.50 5.75 6.25 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.55 8.65 9.25 11.53 12.74 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 5.25 6.00 6.50 7.43 9.14 Service......................................... 5.15 5.15 6.13 8.11 11.14 Protective service........................ 5.15 5.25 10.19 14.46 19.92 Police and detectives, public service... 13.09 17.91 19.63 19.99 20.31 Food service.............................. 2.13 3.15 5.55 8.30 10.36 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.15 4.42 4.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.15 4.25 Other food service....................... 5.35 6.35 7.91 9.79 11.20 Cooks................................... 6.32 7.25 8.18 8.94 9.90 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.15 5.40 6.50 10.24 10.93 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.50 5.50 7.57 8.00 8.80 Health service............................ – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 5.55 6.18 6.78 8.43 18.01 Cleaning and building service............. $5.15 $6.15 $7.68 $7.98 $8.93 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.34 6.82 7.80 8.12 8.98 Personal service.......................... 5.20 5.75 6.13 6.92 6.92 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.15 $5.95 $8.00 $12.14 $20.80 All excluding sales........................... 5.15 5.75 7.83 12.50 21.97 White collar.................................... 7.00 8.30 12.60 19.18 26.39 White collar excluding sales................ 7.50 8.78 15.25 23.26 26.75 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.71 15.16 17.13 25.84 27.38 Professional specialty...................... 16.50 20.90 25.96 26.83 36.65 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 20.75 24.89 26.00 27.70 40.00 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.51 13.50 15.68 16.75 19.11 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.59 13.50 15.50 16.47 16.93 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.75 15.86 18.58 34.97 36.87 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 13.45 17.07 19.21 34.97 36.87 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 15.00 15.50 18.20 26.00 34.33 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.65 6.59 8.75 11.18 12.80 Sales workers, other commodities........ 5.65 6.00 7.92 11.23 12.60 Cashiers................................ 5.40 5.88 7.54 10.30 12.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.00 7.50 8.50 10.64 26.39 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 7.25 7.50 8.55 11.00 11.28 General office clerks................... 5.15 7.72 8.55 9.46 10.00 Blue collar..................................... 5.25 6.30 8.20 11.00 14.16 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 8.00 10.63 13.00 18.50 26.39 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.00 7.15 9.00 10.50 11.25 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.00 9.12 10.33 11.25 12.73 Transportation and material moving............ 7.00 7.00 8.00 10.00 13.30 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.15 5.25 6.30 7.65 9.25 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.15 5.25 5.50 5.75 6.25 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.55 8.65 9.25 11.53 12.74 Service......................................... $4.25 $5.15 $5.50 $6.50 $7.95 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 4.50 5.50 8.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.15 4.42 4.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.15 4.25 Other food service....................... 5.15 5.40 5.89 8.19 10.33 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.15 5.40 6.50 10.24 10.93 Health service............................ - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 5.50 5.95 6.50 7.55 8.27 Cleaning and building service............. 5.15 5.15 5.95 6.50 7.95 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.89 6.07 6.50 7.95 7.95 Personal service.......................... 5.18 5.75 6.13 6.92 6.92 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.83 $9.04 $13.04 $24.14 $31.94 All excluding sales........................... 7.83 9.04 13.04 24.14 31.94 White collar.................................... 8.54 10.16 20.93 28.90 33.16 White collar excluding sales................ 8.54 10.16 20.93 28.90 33.16 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.54 21.39 25.98 31.28 33.61 Professional specialty...................... 16.32 21.39 25.98 31.31 33.61 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 20.93 22.04 26.15 30.99 33.94 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.93 23.03 26.61 31.23 34.07 Secondary school teachers............... 21.17 22.31 26.35 31.02 33.94 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.43 16.50 29.52 33.74 36.44 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.54 28.60 32.95 35.26 36.70 Management related........................ 13.87 15.43 16.50 17.79 22.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.81 8.44 9.48 10.32 11.80 Secretaries............................. 8.01 8.89 9.93 10.52 18.01 General office clerks................... 8.04 8.61 9.36 10.10 10.48 Teachers' aides......................... 7.57 7.83 8.71 10.27 11.45 Blue collar..................................... 7.55 8.40 9.70 14.07 15.15 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.88 12.66 14.78 15.45 18.67 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 8.22 8.61 9.19 11.81 11.82 Transportation and material moving............ 8.14 8.68 9.46 11.00 11.56 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.31 7.43 8.01 9.14 10.18 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.43 7.43 7.50 9.14 9.14 Service......................................... 7.31 7.86 9.26 12.63 18.95 Protective service........................ 9.37 9.55 12.83 18.95 20.05 Police and detectives, public service... 13.09 17.91 19.63 19.99 20.31 Food service.............................. 7.05 7.80 8.63 10.10 12.24 Other food service....................... 7.05 7.80 8.63 10.10 12.24 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 6.77 7.51 7.86 8.31 8.98 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.77 7.51 7.86 8.31 8.98 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.34 $7.98 $10.64 $19.45 $28.44 All excluding sales........................... 6.25 8.00 10.71 19.96 28.73 White collar.................................... 8.00 9.81 16.45 26.16 32.38 White collar excluding sales................ 8.24 10.04 17.13 26.39 32.64 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.82 16.75 23.68 28.85 32.95 Professional specialty...................... 16.50 21.39 26.00 30.72 33.74 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 20.75 25.34 26.00 28.85 36.65 Registered nurses....................... 20.18 23.27 26.26 28.85 32.33 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 20.93 22.31 26.43 31.02 33.94 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.93 23.03 26.61 31.23 34.07 Secondary school teachers............... 21.17 22.31 26.26 31.02 33.94 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.45 13.04 16.02 16.50 17.03 Social workers.......................... 10.45 13.04 16.02 16.50 17.03 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.50 13.50 15.67 16.75 19.18 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.59 13.50 15.50 16.47 16.93 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.19 16.25 23.56 34.33 36.70 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.50 18.20 31.19 34.97 36.76 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 15.00 15.50 18.20 33.16 34.33 Management related........................ 11.50 14.19 16.36 17.79 22.00 Sales......................................... 6.50 7.70 10.00 11.95 13.23 Sales workers, other commodities........ 5.65 7.30 9.29 11.86 12.94 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.25 8.15 9.09 10.50 17.68 Secretaries............................. 8.01 8.89 9.77 10.49 18.01 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.72 7.73 8.29 9.45 10.04 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.30 8.51 9.09 9.86 11.58 General office clerks................... 8.04 8.28 9.12 9.91 10.48 Teachers' aides......................... 7.57 7.83 8.71 10.27 11.45 Blue collar..................................... 5.75 7.25 9.00 11.54 15.44 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 8.65 11.03 14.35 18.27 26.39 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 8.22 8.61 9.19 11.81 11.82 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.65 7.83 9.17 10.56 11.50 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.00 9.12 10.33 11.25 12.73 Transportation and material moving............ 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.89 11.65 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $5.15 $5.70 $7.25 $8.65 $10.18 Helpers, construction trades............ 6.77 7.25 7.75 9.00 9.09 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.25 5.25 5.65 6.00 7.00 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 5.25 5.25 6.50 7.43 9.14 Service......................................... 4.50 5.85 7.84 9.70 13.69 Protective service........................ 5.15 6.50 10.69 15.07 19.94 Police and detectives, public service... 13.09 17.91 19.63 19.99 20.31 Food service.............................. 2.13 3.15 6.90 8.80 10.59 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.15 4.42 5.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.15 4.25 Other food service....................... 5.50 7.00 8.06 10.09 11.52 Cooks................................... 6.32 7.25 8.18 8.94 9.90 Health service............................ 6.18 6.84 8.11 9.90 18.01 Health aides, except nursing............ 5.61 7.35 8.30 9.90 17.17 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.50 6.70 7.75 15.25 18.01 Cleaning and building service............. $6.07 $6.50 $7.78 $8.04 $8.93 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.40 6.90 7.80 8.12 8.93 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.15 $5.15 $5.85 $6.80 $8.00 All excluding sales........................... 5.15 5.15 5.75 6.65 8.00 White collar.................................... 5.65 6.25 8.00 9.00 11.00 White collar excluding sales................ 6.80 7.50 8.00 9.00 12.50 Professional specialty and technical.......... - - - - - Professional specialty...................... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.40 5.65 6.50 8.50 10.00 Cashiers................................ 5.40 5.50 6.12 7.00 9.09 Administrative support, including clerical.... - - - - - Blue collar..................................... 5.25 5.30 6.00 6.60 8.50 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.25 5.25 5.65 6.30 6.80 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.15 5.25 5.40 5.65 6.25 Service......................................... 5.15 5.15 5.30 6.13 6.92 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 4.50 5.15 5.75 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 5.35 5.55 5.85 6.25 7.20 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, July 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 45,900 29,200 16,800 All excluding sales............................................. 43,300 26,500 16,800 White collar........................................................ 21,600 10,200 11,400 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19,000 7,600 11,400 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 10,100 3,400 6,700 Professional specialty.......................................... 8,200 1,600 6,600 Technical....................................................... 1,800 1,800 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 2,000 800 1,200 Sales............................................................. 2,600 2,600 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7,000 3,400 3,600 Blue collar......................................................... 9,500 7,500 2,000 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2,000 1,500 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2,400 2,400 – Transportation and material moving................................ 1,400 500 900 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3,700 3,100 600 Service............................................................. 14,700 11,400 3,300 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.